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Atomoxetine resulting in Takotsubo syndrome: Is the locally-released norepinephrine from the autonomic sympathetic cardiac nerves or the blood-borne catecholamines the cause?

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  1. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA

    John E. Madias

  2. Division of Cardiology, Elmhurst Hospital Center, 79-01 Broadway, Elmhurst, NY, 11373, USA

    John E. Madias

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Madias, J.E. Atomoxetine resulting in Takotsubo syndrome: Is the locally-released norepinephrine from the autonomic sympathetic cardiac nerves or the blood-borne catecholamines the cause?. Eur J Pediatr 173, 1119–1120 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00431-014-2270-1

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